Improvement in sleigh-bells



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IMPROVEMENT IN SLEIGH-BELLS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CQNCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. STRONG, of Boston, inthe county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful vImprovements in Sleigh-Bells; and I do hereby declare vthat the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. v

The nature of my invention consists in combining with the eye of the tongue of' a slei bolt, which passes through the bell and strap,- and is then riveted over a washer.

I The eye-bolt serves a double purpose, that is', it serves as a firm holder for the tongue of the bell, and as a. rivet for fastening the bell to the strap.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and use. .In the drawingsi Figure I is a perspective view of a single bell attached to a strap.

Figure 2 is a cross-section through the bell, tongue, eye-bolt, and strap.`

B is a bell, made of any desirable size and pattern, but is not provided with the shank for holding it to the strap, or with a rim to attach the tongue to. T is a tongue, made in the ordinary manner. C is an eyebolt, which, if desirable, may be cast, togetherwith the tongue, of malleable iron, the pattern being so arranged that the ring of the tongue will come Within the ring of the eye-bolt, or the eye-bolt may be of wrought iron, bent or died into shape. D, fig. 2, is the shank of the leye-bolt, which passes through the strap A and ivasher W, and, being headed, serves to hold the belll securely to the' strap.

The advantages that I claim for my invention are, that itforms a secure fastening for the tongue, and at the same time a very convenient, cheap, and durable fastening toV hold the bell to the strap.

Having thus described my invention, I will now proceed to set forth my claim.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The riveted eye-bolt C, in'combination with the tongue T, bell B, and strap A, substantiallyas described, and for the purpose set forth.

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Witnesses:

A. HUN BERRY, FRANK G. PARKER. 

